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The 2008 Illinois Green Party presidential primary was held on February 5, 2008, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Green Party's state primaries ahead of the 2008 presidential election. By virtue of Green Party candidate Rich Whitney's performance in the 2006 Illinois gubernatorial election , the party had earned the right to have a ...
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Illinois, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1818, Illinois has participated in every U.S. presidential election. From 1896 to 1996, Illinois was a bellwether state, voting for the winner of the presidential election 24 of 26 times, the exceptions being 1916 and 1976.
From January 3 to June 3, 2008, voters of the Democratic Party chose their nominee for president in the 2008 United States presidential election.Senator Barack Obama of Illinois was selected as the nominee, becoming the first African American to secure the presidential nomination of any major political party in the United States.
The United States presidential election of 2008 was sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), a bipartisan organization that sponsored four debates that occurred at various locations around the United States (U.S.) in September and October 2008. Three of the debates involved the presidential nominees, and one involved the vice ...
On Feb. 10, 2007, an Illinois senator announced he would seek the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election. This is that historic speech.
In order to be approved, the measure required either 60% support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50% support among all ballots cast in the elections. [3] This was the first time since the 1998 Illinois elections that a statewide ballot measure was presented to Illinois voters. [3]
English: Electoral college map for the 2008 United States presidential election (note: Nebraska and Maine split their EVs by congressional district). Please only update the map when a state is projected SAFE after the final polling place is closed.
The following is a timeline of major events leading up to and immediately following the United States presidential election of 2008. The election was the 56th quadrennial United States presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008, but its significant events and background date back to about 2002.